Rie: "Um... Hi, Guys. Sorry for the very long long wait." (Giggles awkwardly)

Goku: "..." (Keeps staring in silence)

Kenren: "..." (Same as Goku)

Rie: "... C'mon, Guys, forgive me... I have a good reason this time, okay? So I was-..."

Gojyo: "The disclaimer, please." (Completely ignoring Rie)

Tenpou: "The characters belongs to Minekura Kazuya, not the girl who made this fic.."

Rie: "Please-..."

Konzen: "Enjoy the story."

Rie: "... You guys are angry at me, aren't you...?"

Sanzo: "Ask yourself."

"Wh-what're you talking about, Goku...?" Hakkai questioned, blinking confusedly from the sudden shocking respond. There were just too much hard times lately and also no guarantee they wouldn't get a heart attack.

"Ha ha ha, very funny, monkey," Gojyo forced himself to make a fake laugh. "But you see the problem is... Here, I'm not laughing and that's not funny enough for me. So drop it already, don't ruin my sunny morning."

"What makes you think I'm joking?" Goku tilted his head toward his somehow unknown companions. "So... Let me guess. You're Sanso and Konzen's friends? Well, nice to meet you, I'm-..."

"C'mon, cut it out already or I'll snatch your breakfast! You know I'm deadly serious here!" Kenren cut him right away, had the youngest annoyed glare bestowed upon him. "But hey, glad to have you back with us! You surely gave me a Goosebumps last night!" the red head general continued and trapped Goku inside his big brother hug, chocking him without realizing it.

"Gah! Let go of me!"

"H-hey, stop struggling! You'll make us kiss the ground face fir-...!"

"Then GET OFF ME, OLD MAN!"

The general gapped and lost his balance when the monkey broke free from his embrace. Just like the hit he would receive soon didn't enough, Goku gave a nice hard step on his foot. Kenren successfully let out a short but painful scream as he met the ground with a loud *thump*. While Tenpou jumped on his position and quickly approached his wounded friend, Gojyo gladly took his time and laughed cheerfully. The tension and awkward moments had been haunted him since a couple days ago so it wouldn't hurt to have a little fun over someone's sufferings, especially when he had been waiting for it.

Sanzo and Konzen chose to keep their mouth shut for a moment and stared at Hakkai, hopping for a little explanation. But nothing came from the spectacled man as he also wondered what was happening himself. Hearing Goku yelled at Gojyo wasn't an unusual experience for them, actually it had became one of their daily music and something would missing if he didn't do it even for just one day. But... There were a lot of thing he said until now; like COCKROACH, KAPPA, PERVY, DIRTY, LECHY or something like that. And OLD MAN was out of the list, if they recalled correctly.

"Ouch-...! What the hell was that for?" Gojyo demanded some explanation.

"It's your own fault! I've told you to let me go but you're the one who kept chocking me!" Goku defended himself, feeling like he did nothing wrong. Different people, different way to think... "And don't you think it's rude to cut someone when they're talking to you, introducing themselves?"

"I cut you because I already know you, Stupid!"

"Well, I don't remember knowing you and somehow feel like you just told me a huge lie when you said that!"

"What advantage do I have to do that? NOTHING!" the red head lost his temper and stood up right away. The joke had gone too far from his good and it seemed Goku didn't realize it. It was the best time to stop all of this before the bomb exploded. "Just what the hell is wrong with you, Monkey?"

"I'm the one who should ask you that! Acting friendly all of a sudden, do you think I'll just let it passing by and act like nothing is wrong with that?" the youngest member on the team barked. "Sanzo, Konzen, just-... Who are they?"

"Goku... You really don't remember us?" Tenpou asked carefully, he seriously didn't want to have the brown head to shout at him like what he did to Gojyo. It looked like he did the right thing for using the gentle voice since Goku responded it just like what he wanted.

"Nope, except Sanzo and Konzen," Goku answered truthfully. He liked the way that guy talked to him; at least he was far more polite than that rude dirty red head. "Sorry if I'm rude, but-... who are you guys and how'd you know me? I mean-... I haven't even met you before or see you somewhere, but you already know my name."

Now Sanzo and Konzen had the right to make a move. They quickly moved closer toward Goku and observed him with full attention. Sanzo placed his hand on his forehead and the other one on Goku's, trying his best to figure the monkey's temperature. No matter how hard he tried, it felt completely normal for him. Either Goku's problem wasn't his temperature of he also had a fever without knowing it. On the other hand, Konzen widened Goku's eyes and checked his eyeball. The next one on his list was the monkey's pulse and breathing, but none of them was weird. If normal people interfered without knowing what was going on, both of the blondie would be the one that was acting weird.

Running out of idea, Konzen pulled out two of his fingers and made a 'V' shape with it. Sanzo followed at almost the exact time, did the completely same thing like what his ancestor did. Both of them pushed it closer toward Goku and stopped when their fingers almost touched his nose and poked out his eyeballs.

"How many fingers do you see?" they asked together.

"Hey-... Is it just me or you really need a little check up-...?" Goku asked back, staring at Konzen and Sanzo with what's-wrong-with-you eyes.

"How many fingers-...?"

"Alright, four," he replied. The Blondie gasped when the answer reached their ears, something was wrong with Goku's eyes. It was clear they just let out two fingers and-... "Two from Konzen and two from Sanzo," the serious tight moment loosened as Goku continued.

"Seriously, what's wrong? First I can't remember, if I really have met them somewhere, who these guys here and also didn't remember how I reach this place. And now you're also acting weird... what happened? Did I miss something except breakfast?"

"Um-... Goku," Hakkai called. "My name's Cho Hakkai, but you can call me Hakkai. Do you really forget about us?" Goku responded with a nod and lifted his shoulders a bit as a sign that he wasn't sure. "Goku-... This is Tenpou, and next to him is Kenren. This little dragon is Hakuryuu," he said as pointed at the white colored dragon who just landed on his shoulder (Man, I seriously forgot about this little guy! 0.0 ). "And the man over there, who embraced you before, is Gojyo."

"Oh, that rude guy. He really needs your help for his behavior problem."

"HEY!" Gojyo protested, only for having Kenren's hand clapped in front of his mouth to prevent any kind of sound escaped from it. He really didn't need another meaningless fight and wasted their energy in such a way.

"Calm down, Gojyo. So, Goku... Um, the truth is you're part of us. We've been... um, traveling together. And, um... we're friends and have been through a lot of things together... What else should I say? Help me with this one."

"Do you think we can do this later? The warm-buddy-love-you moment right now really touches my heart but we have something else to do right now," Kenren sounded really serious, same with the look on his face as he was speaking.

"Yeah, I think so too," Tenpou nodded. "You really need to let go of him before he runs out of breath."

"Wha-...? Oh, sorry I forgot!" the general jerked and loosened his grip on Gojyo's face with an apologetic expression. Gojyo was just about to get his revenge when Kenren shoved his palm and stopped his movement. "But that's not what I'm talking about. We have a little party to attend."

The whole group went silent immediately and held their movement; even made a simple twitch could be a huge disaster in such a dangerous situation. Everyone could felt it, the deadly stares that were targeted on them. They let their guard down and such a thing happened before they noticed it. Youkais had been surrounded them for a while and surely would attack soon. Sanzo quickly grabbed his evoker and waited for the right time to shoot. Tenpou and Kenren changed look at each other and made a tight grip on the sword handle which was hanging on their waist. Gojyo nodded at Hakkai, forgetting about his grudge for a moment and focusing himself to fight, then immediately summoned his Shakujou. Hakkai tried to concentrate and joined his hand palms which slowly began to glow.

As they prepared themselves for the battle, the Youkais were coming out from their hideout with their sickening evil smirk. It was same for every one of them, always using that kind of smile which turned Sanzo's mood from bad into really bad. Aside from their acts which were far from friendly, the weapons on their hands didn't look too good either. Another unavoidable 'tiny' war was waiting for them to join, and as usual they accepted the challenge right away. Before the enemy could get the first strike, the group dashed and took their advantage as much as possible.

The fight went smooth like always, the winning side always dropped on the protagonists' side in the end no matter what the condition was. One Youkai had to let his life flying away as Sanzo pulled the trigger; same went for the other one who tried to test their luck. The moment Sanzo ran out of bullet and had to reload his ammo, Gojyo swung his weapon and cut a couple of Youkai's body in one slash. Hakkai stood calmly and shot the Chi bullet one after another, with a quick movement dodged every strike which was coming toward him easily. A lot of training would give a good reflex; that was the thing he always kept in mind. Tenpou worked in the same group with Kenren and kicked some butts; slashing their swords like dancing on the festival. Konzen didn't let his weaponless condition to hold himself back; bare hand was enough for him somehow. Everyone in the party enjoyed the fight especially when Lady Fortune played on their side, except one person...

Goku chose to run and dodge every attack he got, making his escape route from the Youkais that looking at him as an easy prey. The other noticed his new tactic to fight but dislike it right away.

"Hey, Goku! Summon your weapon before you lose your head!" Gojyo shouted, still busy fighting with his enemies.

"What weapon? I don't have any weapon!" the monkey shouted back, pushing himself further to dodge another attack. One second late and he would spend his day dying with a long cut on his back.

"Don't be stupid! Just say Nyoibou or something like that, and POOF! You get what you want!"

"Easy for you to say! Grr-...! NOIBOU! NYOIBU! NYOBOU! NYOBIOU! God, it won't come!"

"I said Nyoibou, IDIOT!"

"Goku, hurry up! Summon your weapon!" Hakkai said quickly.

"I'm trying here! C'mon-...! NYOOOOOIIIBBBOOOOOOYYYYY!"

"NYOIBOU! –BOU!" another angry shout from the kappa. Goku glared at him for a second and continued his first strategy, running as fast as he could and dodging as much as possible.

"It's useless! Hakuryuu, transform right away! Guys, we're out of here!" the green clothed man announced immediately.

"Man, what's wrong with Goku?" Kenren drew his sword back and shoved it back to its wrapper. Tenpou could only shake his head, he didn't know what happened but there must be some explanation for his friend's weird behavior since he woke up. Konzen and Sanzo sighed; they wanted to know everything but understood that pushing everything would do nothing. So they just joined the other and jumped into the Jeep exactly after Goku made his way into it. Before the Youkais could catch up with them, they left with no evidence about their existence carved.

Three hours, 27 minutes, 48 seconds since the group escaped from the ambush. Lucky for them, it only took about around one hour to leave the forest. But their lucks were limited like usual, after the forest there was a desert waiting for them to explore. Supposedly, the shape of the civilization had appeared in front of them, at least the shadows would be seen by them right now. But not even just a glimpse of living being had been found. The mood of the whole team turned gloom and dark when they realized it was too late for them to turn back; it was already two long hours since the time they supposed to chose the straightway, not turned right. Also, the atmosphere condition didn't give much help either.

"Okay, that's it. I think you can drop me here," Goku spoke up all of a sudden, making the others to glue their eyes on him.

"What? That's not possible...," Hakkai opposed.

"Of course that's possible. I rather walk alone in the middle of nowhere than have to listen to this MAN any longer. One more minute and I'll be crazy."

"I'm just trying to help!" Gojyo defended himself, convincing everyone that he did the right thing. Or so he thought...

"Help with what? Kept teasing him? You just waste your breath and give me a headache, so you better stop before I make you to," Sanzo grumbled, his feeling had turned 180 degree from bad to worse. The heat and the awkward moment only made him frustrated and want to scream furiously. "And YOU can't leave no matter what happen."

"I won't leave if these-... Tenpou and Kenren stop asking me the same question again and again," the monkey replied. "And I'm hungry~... Give me some food, please~...," he continued with a pout.

"I think we have a supply on the back-...," the green clothed man informed, eyes still focused on the road which looked exactly same no matter where he looked.

"Really? Lucky!"

The monkey jumped in happiness and quickly began his expedition to search the food he wanted so badly. He observed the area near the corner, but found nothing except some of Gojyo's porn magazines. Thinking it wasn't anything important; he threw it easily toward the redhead guy and continued his activity. Gojyo gasped when his treasure had been exposed and quickly gathered everything Goku disposed like trashes. Tenpou gave a laugh he had been holding for a while, seeing how panicked Gojyo's expression at the moment. Kenren whistled in full interest when one of those magazines landed on his lap, the cover looked quite sweet. Before he had a chance to take a peek what was inside, Gojyo swooped it in one swing and wrapped it tightly with his hand. Hakkai joined the fun and glanced over Sanzo, only to found the blond didn't look too happy. He somehow hoped that the other blond would have a different face, but when he met Konzen's eyes he knew it was totally the opposite of what he had been hoping for.

"H-Hakkai! Watch out!"

Konzen's voice sounded unnatural and same went with his movement. The black haired man turned around and saw a huge rock was coming toward their way, only God knew where it was coming from. Hakkai stepped as hard as he could on the brake, making a loud squeaking voice that forced the other to cover their ears. The Jeep's speed went lower but didn't low enough to stop before bumping the rock. To prevent any kind of unwanted accident, Hakkai used the same tactic he used yesterday. He asked Hakuryuu to transform back and commanded the whole group to jump out. Thanked to their fast respond, everyone could survived before it was too late. The white dragon flew in the air as watching his companions landed on the ground with their own style.

"Wow... I thought we were going to crash!" Goku swept the sweat from his face.

"Oh no! My magazine-... My Bible-...!" Gojyo screamed furiously as trying his best to find his precious treasures.

"Such a perverted thing to read, Gojyo."

A familiar voice caught the whole team's attention, especially the called man who now facing one of their attacker. Guess what? Four people stood not far from them, if not a bit higher since they put their feet on top of the fallen rock. Same old trick, same old guys. Kougaji's group was staring at them with their usual attitude. Dokugakuji waved his hand toward his little brother and smirked, it wasn't something weird again to find him having that kind of books or possession. Man, he was around 20 already so it was completely normal, but still he was a bit more perverted than normal person.

The first one who spoke was the leader of course, Kougaji. He pointed at them who now showering him and his comrades with their harsh stare which felt like wanted to chop them to pieces.

"Sanzo-ikkou! Give me the Manten Sutra, now!"

"This again? Man...," Kenren sighed. "Hey, long time no see, you there!" he waved both of his hands like a friend.

"What're you talking about? We just met them yesterday," Tenpou asked.

"Yeah, I know. But somehow I just feel that it's been a long time, that's all... Well, just forget that."

"Hey!" Kougaji shouted again to put himself back on the stage. "You're giving it to me or not? C'mon, we're waiting here!"

"Use your brain, Lowlife," Sanzo answered coldly, pulling out one cigarette and lighted it up. He seriously needed to smoke if he want to stay sane.

"Then we'll do it as usual! Dokugakuji, Yaone, get ready to fight!"

"What about me?" Linrin questioned and felt a bit annoyed. Too bad, her friends already made a move before she could get her answer. Had no other choice, she did the same thing as usual.

And then, another unavoidable fight happened for the second time at that day. The participants were same like before, and the cheating group still Gensomaden-Gaiden team. Gojyo-Kenren versus Dokugakuji, Hakkai-Tenpou had to push aside their pride as a man and fight Yaone since none of them wanted to get left behind, and Goku faced the Prince himself. Konzen and Sanzo sighed heavily, knowing the fact that they had to wait until everything was over. Everyone fought with their life on the line, pushing each other self to the very limit. But maybe... not everyone.

Kougaji screamed in anger and swung his weapon furiously. Anger? Yeah, he was angry for an obvious reason. It was the first time he ever wanted to grab Goku by his collar and punched him with his own hand for being such a coward. Usually, both of them would kept striking at each other until one of them bleeding and choose to retreat. But now it felt like a humiliation! Goku wouldn't face him like a man now called his weapon, he just ran from one side to another. If Kougaji gave him an attack, he would dodge it and then ran away without trying to counter it.

"God, what's wrong with you? FIGHT ME, GOKU!" the prince barked.

"Why should I? Stop following me and go away!" the monkey replied and wouldn't decrease his speed.

"DON'T BE SUCH A COWARD!"

"I'm not a coward! I just love the life I have and don't have any intention to waste it now!"

"THEN SUMMON YOUR WEAPON AND FIGHT ME!"

"NO! I DON'T EVEN KNOW YOU, SO WHY SHOULD I FIGHT YOU?"

Hearing what Goku just said, Kougaji stopped his crazy all-out attack and stunned for a moment. He stared at Goku who now also stopped running and caught a mouthful of air to breath. Something was wrong, Kougaji knew it. He knew Goku had a lot of tactic, but this one was new for him. Hell, if it really was just a tactic, he seriously had never thought Goku would use it. It just... Goku wasn't the type to fool his enemy with such a low strategy. He much of a front fighter, not one of them who would attack his enemy from behind. Well, maybe he was but not when he fought him.

"You don't know me? Is this some kind of joke?"

"Another question with the same answer. I'm DEADLY serious."

"You DON'T KNOW me? How could that possible?" Kougaji went berserk and grabbed Goku by his shoulder, shaking him back and forth like mad. The brown haired boy yelped his shock and did his best to hold himself from biting his own tongue.

"Hey, stop that!" Konzen growled and stood up, walking toward Kougaji and pulling him away from Goku.

"I demand some explanation for this!"

"Well, same goes for me!"

A mouth war started between Konzen and Kougaji, while Goku used this chance to escape from the battlefield. The noise made the other fighter to suspend their battle and took a peek at the new decelerated competition. Tenpou changed look with Hakkai and together walked toward the scene to get a better look. Kenren and Gojyo also interested and didn't want to waste the good moment to get a good entertainment. Dokugakuji and Yaone faced each other with confused look but wanted to know what was going on, so they joined the other to watch the fight. Even Sanzo forced himself to stand and approached his 'friends'. He knew it would be an annoying time to pass.

"So you're saying that... Goku somehow lost a couple of his memory?" Kougaji questioned as sitting calmly at a middle-sized rock Sanzo and Konzen used to wait before. The fight between him and Kozen was over not too long ago and it was time for a little discussion, since they didn't get anything from yelling and biting each other. "And HE didn't REMEMBER me?"

"He even forgot about me, so what makes you expect he would remember you?" Kenren said rudely.

"And you said... you're a GOD? What, a general from an army in Tenkai?"

"You got it! The leader of Western Army, General Kenren at your service!"

"You think I'm going to buy that?" Dokugakuji shook his head; the whole thing he just heard was just... unreasonable. "You said you're... 500 years old and you have an almost exactly same face as my brother? I'm not that stupid."

"Maybe we're even older than that," Tenpou commented. "And it's true, we're a GOD if that makes you belief us. We're... their ancestor who died 500 years ago."

"Yeah, you died. So you're a zombie then, waking from the death and blah, blah, blah."

"And you told us that you're Goku's friend from 500 years ago...?" Yaone sounded confuse and somehow doubt everything she heard.

"Ahem, ahem...," Goku coughed to clean his throat and also had everyone focused on him. "I think we're somehow talking about me here. So... mind if you tell me a couple th`ings about it since I feel like totally out of the topic here?"

"Goku, this is Kougaji," Hakkai introduced the group who just attacked them before. "The one next to him is his sister, Linrin. On his right side, there're Yaone and Dokugakuji. Oh, Dokugakuji is Gojyo's older brother."

"His older brother? I think you really need to teach your little brother about manners, Mister."

"Still talking about that?" Gojyo protested.

"So... How did he lose his memory?" Linrin seemed quite interested at the conversation.

"Well... It's a long story. Not long after we fought you guys yesterday, we went to the forest and took a rest there. We found a cherry tree and took a rest there. There was a little accident... Goku fell from the top of the tree and hit his head on one of the branches. Tenpou caught him before he hit the ground but he just passed out. The night was like a disaster then, with Goku having a restless sleep. But the next morning when he woke up, the only thing he knew was Sanzo and Konzen. And... We don't know why," Hakkai explained and ended his story with the last conclusion.

"So that's what happened!" Goku nodded and tapped his knuckle on his palm. "No wonder my head felt so bad this morning..."

"Okaaaaayyy... Any idea how to get his memory back, 'coz I have something to finish and can't get it through with his condition right now?" Kougaji spoke seriously. He wanted to finish their fight and became the winner, but with Goku kept running away from him it wouldn't be easier than what he expected.

"If we know how, then he would remember everything by now," Konzen sighed. "And just for you know, everything seemed much better before you guys came attacking us."

"Well, give me the Manten Sutra and we'll stop doing that."

"Like I said, over my dead body," Sanzo replied flatly.

"So, what're you going to do now?" Yaone asked full of concern. They may be their enemy, but they also became valuable comrades when they needed their help. And their help was seriously needed some times.

"Simple. Go to the next town, that'll be the best option."

Rie : "And that's-..."

Goku : "The end of this chapter. Hope you like it." (Smiles at the reader)

Rie : "C'mon, forgive me! Stop ignoring me! I'm really, really, really sorry!"

Hakkai : "We forgive you."

Rie : "R-really?"

Hakkai : "Not really." (Answers flatly)

Rie : "... Readers, please forgive me and help me here..." (Bows so low) "Oh, and about the vote... Well, I'll keep it as a secret for the ending. I've get the idea about how to end everything in this story, so... the vote is likely end here. Thanks for keep voting 'till now, but please keep reviewing because it helps me so much."

Gojyo : "See you guys in the next chapter."